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TIL Guinness is releasing a 200th Anniversary Stout based on a recipe from 1817.

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R5oO4 TIL The "two-fingered salute" with an inward facing palm has long been an insulting gesture in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. George H W Bush once accidentally used the insulting gesture in Australia, mistaking it for the "peace sign" (palm facing outwards).
adjL TIL That when Joseph Stalin’s first wife died, he said “This creature softened my heart of stone. She died and with her died my last warm feelings for humanity.” He eventually went on to execute her brother, her sister, and her cousin.
QMY9 TIL that anorexia has the highest mortality rate, between 5 and 10 percent, of any mental illness. Half of the deaths are by suicide, the other half from medical complications.
JKXm TIL a man sold all his possessions including his clothes, went to Las Vegas and bet the whole lot ($136,000) on a single game of roulette with 50/50 odds, and won.
j6Zaa TIL Swiss People Eat Not Only Dogs But Also Cats